Conventional · Build-to-Rent · Ground-Up Development · Arizona

Built to be benchmarked.
Hands-On Execution.
Institutional Transparency.

Performance-driven property management, acquisition support, and repositioning for owners who expect to be measured.

Arizona luxury multifamily community
$1B+
Assets Under Management
5,400+
Active Units Under Management
25K+
A-Class Units Leased Up
Who We Are

People and structure make the difference

Stellar Residential was built on one conviction: a client's asset should never subsidize a management brand. Every function we run earns its place. Every cost is tied to a measurable result. Every result is visible to ownership.

We don't carry fixed corporate overhead and pass it through to your asset. We don't sell your residents ancillary products to pad our revenue. We don't impose our brand on your building. Your management fee works on your asset — period.

Stellar is built for owners who want senior-level attention, not a national account number. We intentionally limit growth so every asset gets ownership involvement, direct accountability, and real operating focus.

Arizona desert landscape
$1B+
Assets Under Management
What We Manage

One of Arizona's largest independent BTR management platforms

Stellar operates across the full multifamily spectrum — from ground-up Class A lease-up and stabilized build-to-rent to conventional value-add assets. Our platform is built to perform at every stage of the asset lifecycle, which means ownership groups aren't limited to a single strategy when they work with us.

Build-for-rent community
3,600+

Build-For-Rent

Arizona's largest independent BTR operator. Full lifecycle management across gated communities throughout the Phoenix metro.

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Class A multifamily community
1,500+

Class A & Value-Add Multifamily

Luxury apartments, boutique communities, and value-add plays across Phoenix, Glendale, Gilbert, and Prescott.

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Multifamily construction framing
19K+

New Development Lease-Up

19,000+ A-class units brought to market. Pre-construction marketing through stabilization.

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Portfolio

28 communities across Arizona

3,677+
Build-to-Rent
1,598+
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Build-For-Rent
Multifamily
Leadership

The team is the product

We seek to defy industry expectations by seeking opportunity within the smallest of details.

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Dale Phillips

Founder & CEO

Dale brings one of the most accomplished careers in multifamily property management to Stellar. A former 17-year President of Mark-Taylor Residential, he has managed over 35,000 third-party units across multiple states for institutions and national developers, successfully stabilizing more than 25,000 Class A units through lease-up. His organizations have earned recognition as the #1 Best Places to Work in both Arizona and the United States. He is the foundation Stellar was built on.

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Ben Carter

Chief Financial Officer

Ben is a partner at Stellar and a seasoned finance executive with deep expertise in multifamily operations and investment. At Wedgewood, he oversaw financial operations, strategic planning, and corporate growth for a firm managing $1B+ in assets. His background spanning both institutional investment and operational finance brings a level of financial discipline and strategic rigor that strengthens every decision Stellar makes.

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Tanner Bickelhaupt

Co-Founder

Tanner co-founded Stellar from the owner's side of the table — as an investor and developer with 21+ years in real estate and finance across AZ, TX, and OK. That perspective shapes how Stellar thinks about every asset it manages. As the platform has grown to over 100 professionals, his focus has shifted to strategic planning, institutional relationships, and performance benchmarking — ensuring Stellar continues to operate the way an owner would.

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RJ Brady

Director of Asset Management

RJ provides executive oversight across the portfolio — team development, operational performance, and asset-level strategy. He works across every dimension of property operations, from the granular details of a single community to the broader performance demands of each asset, ensuring every property is staffed, positioned, and executing at its full potential. Where performance gaps emerge, RJ closes them.

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Andrina Shields

Senior Director of Operations

Andrina oversees talent acquisition and team development across the Stellar portfolio — responsible for recruiting, placing, and supporting the people who operate every asset. She works closely with onsite teams and ownership groups on all matters related to staffing, personnel, and team performance, providing hands-on support to ensure every property has the right people in place and the resources they need to execute at the highest level.

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Isabelle Brown

Senior Director

Isabelle supports the marketing and transaction functions across the Stellar portfolio — coordinating property-level marketing initiatives, managing the operational setup for incoming assets, and ensuring the administrative and systems infrastructure is in place from contract through go-live. She works closely with internal teams and ownership groups to keep every moving part aligned, maintaining consistency across communications, accounts, and platform configuration as each asset integrates into the Stellar operating model.

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How We're Built

Engineered for accountability

Every function earns its place. Every cost is tied to a result.

01

Specialist Network

Every function staffed by specialists accountable by contract — not protected by org charts.

02

Variable Cost Architecture

Our cost structure scales with the portfolio. You pay for execution, not corporate growth.

03

Full Transparency

Every vendor. Every contract. Every dollar. No markups. No black boxes.

04

Performance-Only

We don't win on marketing or slide decks. We win because the numbers speak.

Arizona desert sunset
25K+
Class A Units Leased Up
Proprietary Technology
In Development

Stellar Signal

A proprietary early-warning operating system for multifamily and BTR assets. Designed to surface emerging risk before it becomes a performance problem — so ownership can act on what's starting to happen, not what already did.

Most management reports tell you what happened. Stellar Signal is designed to show what is starting to happen.
What Signal Tracks
Occupancy drift
Vacancy by floorplan
Renewal resistance
Traffic quality decline
Excessive make-ready days
Reputation weakness
Pricing mismatch
Delinquency creep
Staff instability
Resident experience issues
Platform

Select your exact support

Pick the services you need and leave the rest behind. No forced packages. No bloated overhead.

01

Property Management

Full-service operations for multifamily and BTR communities across Arizona.

02

Marketing & Leasing

Your brand, not ours. Strategies for tenants, lenders, and capital partners.

03

Acquisition Support

Underwriting, market analysis, and value-enhanced renovation advisory.

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Construction & Repositioning

In-house design and construction management to maximize revenue.

05

Asset Management

Monthly reporting, capital planning, and disposition strategy.

The Difference

Stellar vs. the nationals

Not all management is created equal.

Stellar
Nationals
Owner-aligned NOI
Your brand on the asset
No ancillary revenue programs
Direct senior leadership access
Select only services you need
AI leasing & market intel
Institutional-grade reporting
No platform overhead pass-through

"What gets measured gets managed."

Peter Drucker
Get In Touch

Let's discuss your next investment

Whether you need full-service management, acquisition support, or a repositioning partner — we'd like to hear from you.

Office
5227 N. 7th St
Phoenix, AZ 85014
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